Daily Republican., 1887-10-22

Edison TO do Marvellous Things VIII
the Phonogrsph-A Perfect Machin'
that viii work Revolution.

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Edison TO do Marvellous Things with
the Photographed Perfect Machine
that viii work Revolution.
New YORK, Oct. 81 Thomas A
Edison has got the most wonderful
laboratory on the face Of the earth. He
has erec ed ut Llewellyn Psrk, In
Orange, N. J. three buildings of brick
Each is one hundred feet long BY fifty
wide, and each has four stories. These
buildings are being supplied With every
known material which could possibly
be made use Of.
Mr.. Edison has been talking to re
porter Of the Evening Post and has been
telling some marvellous tales about bis
perfected phonograph. Hear him:
THE WONDERFUL PHoNOGRAPH.
"You know that I finished the FIRST
phonograph more than ten years ago
1t remained more or less Of toy. The
germ Of something wonderful WAS per-
fectly distinct, but tried the impOssi-
BILE with 1t, and when the electric light
business assumed commercial import
Ance threw everything overheard for
that. Nevertheless the phonograph has
been more or less constantly In my
mind ever since. When resting from
prolonged work upon the light my
brain would revert almost automatical-
| ~ to the old Idea. Since the light has
been finished / have taken up the
photograph, and after eight mouths Of
steady work have made IL commercial
invention.
"My photograph I expect to see in
every business Office Tbs frst five
hundred will, I hope, be ready for dis
tribution about the snd of January.
Their operation ia simplicity itself, and
cannot fail. The merchant or clerk
who wishes to send letter has only to
set the machine In motion and to talk
In his natural voice and at the usual
rate Of speed into the rect iver. When
he has finished the sheet, or sphouo'
gram, as / call 1t, is ready for putting
into little box made on purpose for
: the mails. We are making the sheets
into three sizes-ope for letters or from
, 800 to 1,C0o words, another size for 2, COZ
words, another siza for 4. 600 words.
, expect that an arrangement may b.
: : made with the postofice authorities
enabling the phenogram boxes to b
, sent at the same rate as letter.
. LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE.
8 "The receiver of a phonogram viii
2 put 1t into his apparatus and the nee
j sage will be given out more clearly
!. more distinctly than the best telephon'
:. message ever sent. The tones Of tn
: voice In the two Photographs which
q have finished ore 30 perfectly reudere'
;. that one can distinguish between TWEEN
q ty different persons, esch one OF whom
3 has said few words. O2e trsmendou
1t advantage is that the letter may be re
T. peated O thousand times II necessary
1t The phoRogram does not wear out b
use; moreover, il may be fled ava
for o hundre years and be ready tn
q instant IL Is needed. II man dictate
D. his viii to the photograph there will b
no dispusipg the authenticity of IL
document with those who knew tb
tones of his voice In life. The cost {
/. making the phouogran will bs scarcsl
ID more than the cost CT ordinary lettt
t.. paper The n schine will read out th
m letter or message at the same spec
q with which It was dictated.
q. Il have experlmentsd with q devtc
e for enabling prlnters to set type direc
N ly from the dictation of the phonograp
n aud think that 1. w;ll work to q charm
he 1t is 30 arranged that the printer, b
I'd touching lever with his foot, ALLOW
q five or ten words OF the phonogram
g be sounded. II be is not Satisfied wit
l. the first hearing he can make 1t rsp3i
n. the same words over and over aga!
ID until be has them In type For bus
le men who dictate a great deal for tf
In press, am sure that the phonogrsp
10 will be necessity after o very lit
OF experience"